Macau World Cup: Wang Manyu won 4-2 to enter the final, and Zhang Benmeihe rose to eighth in the world
The 2024 ITTF Macau World Cup will usher in the semi-finals on April 20, and the women's singles Wang Manyu VS Zhang Benmeihe will take the lead. In this game, Wang Manyu played steadily as a whole, defeating Zhang Benmeihe with a total score of 4-2 and advancing to the women's singles final. The winner of the final against Sun Yingsha VS Chen Meng.
Wang Manyu advanced to the women's singles final, with a commendable overall performance, and defeated Japanese players in a row. Reaching the final, Wang Manyu can finally breathe a sigh of relief and carry the bottom half alone, at least he will not be deducted points internally. The Olympic singles competition is in the white-hot stage, and Wang Manyu is still ahead of Chen Meng, but the gap between the two sides is not big, and the Saudi Grand Slam will be the ultimate test.
Zhang Benmeihe stopped in the semi-finals and won 525 points in the world ranking, and after deducting 105 points in the next period, he can add 420 points, and his total world ranking points will increase to 1747 points. In this World Cup, Misei Ito was eliminated from the group, Szokos stopped in the round of 16, and Zheng Yijing and A-Diaz both stopped in the quarterfinals. Based on the analysis of the world ranking data, Miwa Zhang will surpass Szokos, Mimato Ito, Zheng Yijing and A-Diaz, and the world ranking can climb to eighth.
Wang Manyu 4-2 Zhang Benmeihe【11-9;11-6;6-11;11-6;9-11;13-11】
Wang Manyu is currently ranked No. 2 in the world and is the No. 2 seed in this World Cup. Zhang Benmeihe, ranked 12th in the world, is not yet 16 years old, 9 years younger than Wang Manyu. Zhang Benmeihe is very young, and the next world ranking will be among the top ten for the first time, and has become an important opponent of the Chinese table tennis women's team.
The road to qualification: Wang Manyu defeated Diaconu and Batra 4-0 in the group stage, defeated Szokos 4-1 in the 1/8 finals, and defeated Hina Hayada 4-1 in the 1/4 finals. Zhang Benmeihe defeated Zhang Mo 3-1 and Jin Naying 4-0 in the group stage, and went relatively smoothly to the knockout round, defeating Wang Yidi 4-1 in the 1/8 finals and A-Diaz 4-1 in the 1/4 finals.
Record: This is the second meeting between the two sides in history, and the first meeting was at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games team event, when Wang Manyu defeated Zhang Benmeihe 3-1.
Game recap
In the opening game, Wang Manyu served and seized the opportunity to score first, Zhang Benmeihe followed the score to 2 draws, and then Wang Manyu counted the opponent and scored consecutive points to lead 6-2. Then Zhang Benmeihe's change came, and the score was followed up to 6-7, and then the two sides continued to hold each other, Wang Manyu decisively twisted the key points, won the game point 10-8, and won the first game 11-9 with the key hold.
In the second game, the two sides scored continuously and fought back and forth to 3 draws, and then Wang Manyu continued to attack and suppress, thus rewriting the score to 6-3. After that, Zhang Benmei and recovered 1 point, turned around and sent it back with a mistake, and then Wang Manyu continued to dominate, Zhang Benmei and made more mistakes, and Wang Manyu led to 9-4. After that, Zhang Benmei and chased 2 points in a row, and Wang Manyu got the game point 10-6 and won 11-6.
In the third game, Wang Manyu led 2-0, but was overtaken by Zhang Benmei and 3-2, and then Zhang Benmei and the attack scored continuously, thus rewriting the score to 8-2 lead, which is equivalent to playing 8-0. Then Wang Manyu withstood the score, Zhang Benmei and continued to shoot with high quality, so as to get the game point 10-4, and then Wang Manyu chased 2 points in a row, but still lost 6-11.
In the fourth game, Zhang Benmei and scored 3 points in a row, and Wang Manyu withstood the ball and overtook 5-3. After that, Wang Manyu stabilized the advantage to 6-4, and scored consecutive points on the serve and attack, thus leading to 8-4. Then Wang Manyu made a mistake to send 1 point, and then controlled the short score to stabilize the game, and won the game point 10-5, and then Zhang Benmei and recovered 1 point, Wang Manyu won 11-6.
In the fifth game, Zhang Benmeihe scored two points in a row and stabilized the lead to 3-1, and then Wang Manyu followed the score to 3-4, but then lost points in a row, and Zhang Benmeihe led to 8-3. After that, Wang Manyu finally scored and followed to 6-9, and then Zhang Benmeihe won the game point at 10-6, Wang Manyu withstood the pressure and chased three points in a row, but unfortunately still lost 9-11.
In the sixth game, the two sides alternately scored to 3 draws, and then held each other to 5 draws, and then Zhang Benmei and scored 2 points in a row to break the balance, and Wang Manyu withstood the pressure and followed the score to 8 draws. After that, the two sides scored 1 point to 9 draws, and then Zhang Benmei and 10-9 got the game point, and Wang Manyu scored to 10 draws. After that, Wang Manyu won the game point at 12-11 and ended the game at 13-11.